The change in the meeting date to the second Friday of the month from the second Monday came after IDA Chairman Wallace Altes said an attendance report for IDA members would be filed with Mayor Lou Rosamilia.

Lisa Kyer, business administrator for the Lansingburgh Central School District, and Mary O'Neill, assistant superintendent for the Troy City School District, were at the meeting. Kyer attended one of 11 meetings in 2013; O'Neill missed every one.

"We do not have the ability to control attendance by asking a member to leave," Altes said.

The Times Union asked the district superintendents last week why their representatives weren't attending meetings. "Monday does not work for the both of us," Kyer said.

Altes asked the board members attending — only Paul Carroll was absent — what would be a good day. They agreed on the second Friday of the month, which is the same day that the Troy Local Development Corp. usually meets.

The IDA's nine members are appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the City Council for three-year, unpaid terms. The IDA is required to have a member from each school district.

After the meeting, O'Neill declined to comment, while Kyer claimed there was a vendetta against her by another IDA member on behalf of a relative. She wouldn't identify that person. Altes and other board members said they had no idea what Kyer meant.

The IDA also approved increasing funding for the project to build access to Riverfront Park through the former parking garage entrance at 273 River St. The IDA agreed to spend about $750,000 on the project and expects to recoup $350,000 from other funding. The IDA budgeted about $450,000, but the low bid for the project was $779,000 from Hoosick Valley Contractors. The IDA is reviewing the project in an attempt to lower the price.